PURSUIT/RESCUE CLIMB
While fully attired in all personal SWAT equipment (helmet, SWAT
body armor, pistol, radio, gas mask, reloadable ammunition, and
boots), the candidate will come to a full hang from a standard
horizontal pull up bar. Utilizing upper body strength only, the
candidate must pull up to a position where the chin is above the
bar. To ensure that the candidate can effectively pursue a
fleeing subject or save him or her self from serious injury or
death on walls, fences, attics, rooftops or second story window
ledges, the backs of the hands must be positioned facing the
candidate during the movement. Two correct successive
repetitions of the Pursuit/Rescue Climb are required.
ASSAULT DASH
Starting from the prone position, wearing the SWAT body armor
and carrying an unloaded 870 shotgun, run 40 yards in less than
8 seconds. A verbal start command and watch capable of timing to
one-hundredths of a second is required. No additional SWAT
equipment other than specified herein is required for this
event.
TACTICAL OBSTACLE COURSE
Wearing whatever personal exercise equipment is desired, the
candidate must complete an 880 yard course, consisting of two
laps and three job related tasks on a 440 yard oval running
track in less than 4 minutes and 30 seconds. At the 220
to 260 yard mark the candidate must negotiate a 40 yard running
weave consisting of 9 cones, 5 yards apart with a lateral
dispersion of 5 yards. Candidates must run to the left of the
cones positioned to the inside of the track and to the right of
cones positioned to the outside oft the track.
At the 440 yard mark, candidates must stop and drag a supine
victim 10 yards to safety. The SWAT rescuer must complete the 10
yard rescue drag with no assistance from the victim. The victim
should weigh a minimum of 150 pounds and a maximum of 250 pounds
and to be attired in his/her SWAT body armor and helmet. Only
the victim’s feet may be in contact with the track during the
rescue drag.
At the 660 yard mark, the candidate must renegotiate the running
weave, this time dropping to the prone position (chest and hands
in contact with the track) behind each of the nine alternately
positioned cones.